an emotional president obama spoke this afternoon about the shootings. chief white house correspondent ed henry has that part of the story. >> the majority of those who died today were children. beautiful little kids between the ages of five and ten years old. >> president obama struggling to keep his composure, the grief of an entire nation visible in the tears he tried and failed to suppress. >> they had their entire lives ahead of them. birthdays, graduations, weddings. >> earlier the president spoke to connecticut governor dan malloy, as well as f.b.i. director robert mueller who is coordinating the investigation with state authorities. >> i offer governor malloy by condolences, on behalf of the nation. and made it clear he will have every single resource that he needs to investigate this heinous crime, care for the victims, counsel their families. we have had too many tragedies in the past few years. >> partisan bickering seem unimportant. deliberations of the looming fiscal cliff uninterrupted. >> at pl 10:30 this morning in the oval office the pre